Can anyone read or recognize this painter's name - Help appreciated

canvas measures 8 3/4 by 25 1/4 inches

I've tried many possible letter sequences using the art signature dictionary. No luck.

 

one of them signatures. At least we know it was painted in a country where bamboo grows. If it is bamboo. Thats a start. The duck doesn't look European or such to me. Think he is from Asia? worth research

 

Hi,
Bamboo grows very well here in the USA. My FIL forgot I told him to plant it in buckets. His five little trees have now infiltrated his back yard turning it into a thicket of 75 ft by 150 ft! His NJ land now has a 200 ft metal barrier to contain the forest.
greg

 

Same here in The Netherlands. Most people don't realise how fast some bamboo species grow and spread. I think bamboo grows in most areas of the world.
But I think the plants in the painting are reeds that grow by the water's edge.

 

Definitely bamboo. Those joints are unmistakeable.

I think the bird may be a Eurasian Wigeon. Although it isn't quite right for one.

 

Wonderful observation - yes, reeds.

Can you suggest an string of letters that might be part of the signature? Even a few letters in a row can help narrow down the list by using the signature dictionary, assuming the artist is known.

Best - and Thank You,

Mo

 

Hello again
I have searched the Artistsignaturedictionary.com further and the closest match I've found is David Teniers.

Close enough to ask for your opinion.

Thank you for your thoughts
Mo

 

It is not by the famous David Teniers senior or junior, but Teniers is a regular Flemish name, so there could still be painters called Teniers.
Here is a picture of Dutch reed mats from the traditional reedgrowing village of Genemuiden. The reed has nodes or joints, just like other grass-species, including bamboo:

http://www.josvanrees.nl/riethandel/4-1-1-1-1-1-0/
Obviously bamboo has more distinct nodes, as do other large grass species.

 

....but there's what looks very much like an acute accent over the last letter: perhaps the "C" with an acute as used in Polish.

 

Or F Agiers?
Could be a lot of things, but I don't think it would help in the value. It is just a nice painting and that is the value, whether you want to keep or sell it.

 

New findings achieved with great effort came only after exposing the back side of the canvas - see new images.

The painter is named on the sticker and has signed the reverse side as well, still this painting is so unlike his usual work.....?

Any thoughts

How about Luigi Zanini - this painting seems more like his work more

Mo

 

Good work!
Except the label says Gianfranco Zanini and states that the signature - 'firma' in Italian - is G F Zanini, which stands for Gianfranco Zanini.
I can't find Gianfranco through any search engine my search program uses. But he himself gives some information on the label, which is from his own studio, which could have a gallery with it. He was born in Asmara, Eritrea (used to be Italian) in 1944. This was painted in 2002, so he could still be alive. The catalogue number is 292.
Maybe he is Gigiotti (Luigi) Zanini's son. But Gianfranco was born in Eritrea, and it doesn't say in Gigiotti Zanini's Wiki page that he ever lived in Eritrea. He only seems to have lived in Milan after he moved there from South Tyrol: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigiotti_Zanini
The studio stamp on the label says Gianfranco's studio is in Milan as well, which could mean the water's edge in the painting is in the plain of the Po river.

Assuming he is still alive, you could look him up in the Milan phonebook, and ask him about the painting.

 

There is a Zanini Art Gallery in San Benedetto Po, in the Po river valley. Maybe they can tell you more:
http://www.zaniniarte.com/contemporanea/?lang=en

 

I did find G F Zanini but his work is so different -
Maybe the painting went thru his shop -
and the Firma is his signature as the seller providing authentication
Luigi's work seems more promising but I also other people named Zanini who are also painters - still looking since I don't want my painting to be from G F

The canvas is 20-20 and a heavier hemp - it might be older. It was reframed on the current stretchers - so it has had another life - it was framed recently in a shop in La Jolla, CA - an expensive artie location.

Mo

 

By the way, the title (titolo) of the painting is 'Habitat'.

 

And, yes, I think he is still alive and on Facebook.
He was born in 44, I am three years older - 41

 

Yes, I found several GF Zanini's, Zanini seems to be a popular name in the area.

He could have painted in different styles. You may not like his other paintings, but you like this one. He also signed GF Zanini on the back, he wouldn't have done that if it was by someone else.
Maybe the Zanini Art Gallery can tell you more, they have contact details, and since they have English pages I assume someone speaks English.

 

Yes - I will check in with the shop, and Zanini on facebook but first I want to look around a bit more on a few lesser known Zanini artists